Marine Gardens Best Pairs 1939

Best Pairs Championship 29 August 1939
Marine Gardens
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts T
1. George Pepper 2 ef 1 1 4 9
2. Billy Lamont 3 2 0 f 5
1. Jack Chapman 0 2 1 3 6 10
2. Laurie Packer 1 3 0 0 4
1. George Greenwood 2 3 3 0 8 12
2. Leo Lungo 0 n 2 2 4
1. Will Lowther 0 0 0 1 1 8
2. Harold Jackson 2 1 1 3 7
1. Ted Bravery 1 1 0 2 4 5
2. Tommy Bateman 0 0 1 0 1
1. Gruff Garland 3 3 2 3 11 17
2. Joe Crowther 2 1 1 2 6
1. Oliver Hart 3 3 3 3 12 19
2. Jack Hyland 1 2 2 2 7
1. Buck Whitby 1 2 1 1 5 16
2. Andy Menzies 3 3 2 3 11
R, Fred Belliveau 0 0
Heat 1 Lamont, Pepper, Bravery, Bateman 1min 22.8
Heat 2 Garland, Crowther, Packer, Chapman 1min 24.2
Heat 3 Hart, Greenwood, Hyland, Lungo 1min 20.8
Heat 4 Menzies, Jackson, Whitby, Lowther 1min 23
Heat 5 Garland, Lamont, Crowther, Pepper (EF) 1min 22.4
Heat 6 Packer, Chapman, Bravery, Bateman 1min 23.4
Heat 7 Greenwood, Garland, Crowther, Belliveau 1min 21.4
Heat 8 Hart, Hyland, Jackson, Lowther 1min 21.6
Heat 9 Menzies, Whitby, Pepper, Lamont 1min 24.8
Heat 10 Hart, Hyland, Chapman, Packer 1min 21.8
Heat 11 Greenwood, Lungo, Bateman, Bravery 1min 22.8
Heat 12 Garland, Crowther, Jackson, Lowther 1min 24.2
Heat 13 Hart, Hyland, Pepper (FRMTD), Lamont (F) 1min 22.6
Heat 14 Chapman, Menzies, Whitby, Packer 1min 23.2
Heat 15 Jackson, Bravery, Lowther, Bateman 1min 23.4
Heat 16 Menzies, Lungo, Whitby, Greenwood (ET) 1min 21.6

Special Match Race
Fred Belliveau Elwood Stilwell Buck Whitby Bill Nisbet 1min 25.8

Flying Eight Scratch Race
Heat 1 George Greenwood Andy Menzies George Pepper Ted Bravery 1min 22.2
Heat 2 Jack Chapman Oliver Hart Gruff Garland Billy Lamont 1min 22.2
Final: Oliver Hart George Greenwood Jack Chapman Andy Menzies(ret)1min 21.8
 The Best Pairs championship of the Marine Gardens speedway was held
on 30 August 1939 and resulted in a fine win for the Edinburgh pair Oliver Hart and Jack Hyland.

Their riding throughout the heats was superb and they only dropped one point to finish with a total of 19 points. Hart, by winning all his heats, was the only rider to score maximum points and with Hyland using all his craftiness as a partner they made a very hard pair to race against. The runners up were Gruff Garland and Joe Crowther, with a total of 17 points.

Billy Lamont made a good start but was unfortunate to crash twice during his heats. Packer also had a crash but neither rider was injured.

Some thrilling racing was witnessed in the heats of the Flying Eight scratch race. In heat one Greenwood just managed to hold his own against Menzies and in heat two Chapman bested Hart in a terrific duel on the bends. Fighting his way through a very close field in the final, Hart forced his way to the front to win a magnificent race.

Four days later war was declared and the Marine Gardens were once again requisitioned by the army.